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In MY 2022/23, all citrus production in Turkiye is expected to decrease due to freezing weather conditions in March 2022 at the beginning of the blossoming period. Retail prices are expected to increase for MY 2022/23 due to low yields and high farmgate prices as a result of increasing input costs for fertilizers, fuel, disinfestation, packaging and transportation.

Turkiye’s cotton production forecast for marketing year (MY) 2022/23 is revised higher to nearly 1.1 million metric tons (MMT) (4.94 million bales), based on increase in cotton area harvested and ideal weather conditions throughout the growing season.

Wheat production is forecast at 19.5 million metric tons (MMT) in marketing year (MY) 2015 because of high yields, especially in Central Anatolia.

On July 16, 2015, the Official Gazette published the Biosafety Board Decisions on genetically engineered feed imports.

Fueled by increasing disposable income levels and a strong consumer demand, the Turkish food retail sector reached US$ 121 billion in 2014.

Turkey expected to benefit when Russia implemented an agricultural trade ban against the United States, Canada, European Union, Australia, and Norway in August 2014.

Turkish soybean area and production for MY 2015 are estimated at 25,000 hectares and 90,000 MT, respectively.